toil

very hard or unpleasant work after years of toil in a sweatshop, Kim was finally able to start her own dressmaking business Synonyms of ¹toil donkeywork, drudge, drudgery, fatigue, grind, labor, moil, slavery, sweat, travail Words Related to ¹toil spadework; effort, exertion, pains, struggle, trouble; chore, duty, job, obligation, responsibility; routine, tedium, treadmill Near Antonyms of ¹toil decompression, ease, leisure, relaxation, repose, rest; amusement, dalliance, diversion, entertainment, recreation, sport; dormancy, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness; dallying, goldbricking, loafing, lolling, lounging Antonyms of ¹toil fun, play

usually toils pl  something that catches and holds a married woman hopelessly caught in the toils of an extramarital affair Synonyms of ²toil entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trapWords Related to ²toil knot, snarl, tangle; cat's cradle, labyrinth, maze; cobweb, spiderweb

to devote serious and sustained effort toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture Synonyms of toil bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, labor, travail, tug, workWords Related to toil apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in; attack, drive; essay, try; exercise, exert, overexert, overwork; eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch; trudge, wadeNear Antonyms of toil break, ease (up), let up, slacken; bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out; bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind; dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle